ISRO shares footage of Chandrayaan-3 rover 'Pragyan' rolling down to lunar surface from lander

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday released a video of Chandrayaan-3 rover 'Pragyan' descending to the lunar surface from the lander.

Published on: Aug 25, 2023 1:39 PM IST

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India, on August 23, became the fourth country to have successfully landed on the moon’s surface and the first to land on the South Pole. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday shared a video of the Pragyan rover rolling out of Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander and walking on the lunar surface.   (PTI)

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In this photo taken from a screengrab released by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on August 25, shows the Chandrayaan-3 rover as it manoeuvred from the lunar lander to the surface of the Moon.  (AFP)

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India began exploring the Moon's surface with a rover on August 24, a day after it became the first nation to land a craft near the largely unexplored lunar south pole.  (AFP)

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Both the lander and rover will perform their designated tasks for a single lunar day, which is equivalent to 14 Earth days upon landing. (PTI)

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ISRO earlier released visuals of the August 23 soft landing of the Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram on the moon’s surface, clicked by Chandrayaan-2’s Orbiter High-Resolution Camera.  (PTI)